Post Modern Art and The Women’s Movement

In the late 1970s there began a big push for women to have the same rights as men, when this happened a lot of artwork started being painted by women. Not only was it being painted by women but they where powerful pieces that made people really look. One female painter who had a big impact on the women movement was Judy Chicago, she created a whole feminist art movement at Cal State Fresno. She was not only an artist but a writer and a great speaker for women rights. She is still living and making art along with pushing feminism along and helping make women rights greater. This first piece by her is called The Dinner Party which was made from 1974-79 and is housed in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art in Brooklyn. It is a Long- Term installation piece and is 576 inches by 576 inches. It has thirty nine different place setting which denotes thirty nine different woman from history. The second piece is called Female Rejection Drawing #3 it was made in 1974 and is 30 X 40 inches big and is a statement piece to help gain respect from men and to share the feelings of self rejection that women where feeling at that time. The last piece By Judy is called Georgia O’Keeffe Plate #1 it is ceramic and is 14 7/8in by 14 5/8in by 4 3/4 inch and was made in 1979. This piece was made for Georgia spot at the Dinner party table and is made off of her 1926 painting titled Black Iris. Judy was born in Chicago Illinois in 1939 and is still alive today she attended the University of Denver and has been married twice.

(The Dinner Party) 

      (Georgia O’Keeffe Plate #1)                                (Female Rejection Drawing #3)

Barbara Kruger- Was born in the U.S in 1945 she attended Syracuse and transferred to parsons school of design in New York city where she received a bachelors in graphic design which is seen in her works today. She uses old photos and combines them with fiery words to create eye catching pieces like her piece from 1984 called You Are Not Yourself this is a great example of her work in the women movement and the way she showed women power and how to branch out from the norms of society.

(You Are Not Yourself)

Her next piece called Untitled  was made in 1986 and has been used in many different dimensions from being on bus benches to billboards. It talks about violence and the destructive effects it can have on society.

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(Untitled) 

The third piece I found by Barbara is called We Will Not Become What We Mean to You and was made in 1983 with silver print dimensions of 121 x 184 x 5 cm. This painting was made to feature an anonymous women showing that she would not be what society wanted her to be and that she could break from the stereotypes and push forward.

(We Will Not Become What We Mean To You) 

Works Cited 

“About This Artwork.” We Will Not Become What We Mean to You. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/184209&gt;.

“An Overview of Feminist Artists of the 20th Century.” – The Art History Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2014. <http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/feminist/20thcentury_feministartists.html&gt;.